Dark Lord (2018)

But if they don't use tickets....

 

I enjoyed this. Mainly because every song i skimmed I think was instrumental. I’ll give these guys a listen.

I disagree. For me, vocals are part of the package, and may as well be an instrument in some cases. The music can be mind blowing, but if the vocals are growling/screaming, it may as well be a car horn beeping in sync with the music. It just overpowers everything I like and takes over to a degree where I can no longer enjoy the music.

I enjoy opera too, but the vocals work tonally with the music.

I really liked the music from some of the bands this year on my brief Spotify research, All Hell in particular, but as soon as the vocals started for all of them, I was out.

 

There, I fixed that for you.

 

This is true, however in the past, there was nothing to stop you from just switching lanyards, and going through the bottle sales line twice. The rule mostly just prevents you from handing a worker 2 tickets and getting 2 allotments all at once.

I imagine with RFID wristbands it will work the same, but you will have to cut one off, rendering it unusable for the rest of the day.

In all honesty it is good that way, because if you have someone who needs to cut out early or miss the fest because of a family emergency, someone else can put on their wristband/lanyard and get their allotment for them.

 

As we all know, I’m more metal than metal. People see me on the street and think “that dude is metal AF! Is that colossus from the X-men? If he had a guitar, you’d need to hide solid blocks of cheese before they get shredded!”

So, uh, for less metallic people, can someone rank the bands in order of “least” to “most” metal? Or, you might say, “most pleasing to the common denominator” to “true art.”

 

CSB...i went to HS with a dude named William Williams. We called him Bill Bills...end csb

 

Anybody know of any good pre-DLD festivities this year other than the Wooden Hell release at Flossmoor? In 2016 we went to the event at Local Option and it was pretty badass

 

Now I want Peanut Butter Dark Lord..... PB & Marshmallow DL aged in Bourbon Barrels.

 

I seen Brain Tentacles last year at the Hoof Hearted brew pub in Columbus, in such a small venue,they sounded horrible.

 

FFF should just open a stand at DLD where they have a blender, DL and random ingredients so you can blend your own....

 

I feel like this one is getting dangerously close to something that could actually happen.

 

In HS I knew a Bryan Ryan and a pair of brothers (not twins) named Brett and Brent. We just called both of them Brett because each one was less remarkable than the other.

 

Up to page 79. Picking up a bit of momentum.

 

And whichever "hand-made" variant tastes the best becomes a de facto variant the next year.

 

The harsh vocals are part of the package for some metal too. It's not like we just ignore them, they're complimenting the aggressiveness of the music.

 

They had the fried chicken sandwich last year. It had Zombie Dust beer cheese on it. It was glorious. I want again.

 

No way, the cheese fell off after a bite....

 

I see what you did there.

 

I would not be surprised if Odd Side Ales has done something like this.

Yeah, it's all different strokes. I just don't want to get into disagreements over music/metal. I can't imagine listening to a band like Suffocation with singing. Grim and guttural vocals, for me, are an extension of the music. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The stage last year was set up in a way that helped isolate the live music, even if we had to stare into the sun mid day.

I know people who have gone through the line multiple times. Doubt the wristbands change this. If you are concerned, take someone for free and keep the bottles? Sell the ticket at a lower cost to keep what you want?

 

Fun story, tried to say "retinal scanners" at lunch in a conversation yesterday. Accidentally said "rectal scanners" That's a whole different level of security...